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 1        AN ACT concerning elections.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Election  Code  is  amended  by  adding
 5    Sections  1A-16 and 2A-12.1 and changing Sections 2A-12, 7-4,
 6    7-7, 7-8, 7-9, 7-10, 13-1.1, and 14-3.2 as follows:

 7        (10 ILCS 5/1A-16 new)
 8        Sec. 1A-16.   Voter  registration  information;  Internet
 9    posting.  The State Board of Elections must post on its World
10    Wide Web site the following information:
11             (1)  A   full  description  of  the  National  Voter
12        Registration Act of 1993, including a description of  how
13        the Act is implemented in Illinois.
14             (2)  A  comprehensive  list of the names, addresses,
15        phone numbers, and websites, if applicable, of all county
16        clerks,  election  officials,  and  boards  of   election
17        commissioners in Illinois.
18             (3)  A  downloadable,  printable  voter registration
19        form, in English and  in  Spanish,  that  a  citizen  may
20        complete  and  mail  to  the  appropriate  county  clerk,
21        election  official,  or  board of election commissioners.
22        Any  forms  provided  under  this  paragraph   (3)   must
23        prominently  inform  the person using the form that he or
24        she must cast his or her votes in person, whether or  not
25        the  person  is voting by absentee ballot, the first time
26        the person votes following his  or  her  registration  by
27        mail.

28        (10 ILCS 5/2A-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-12)
29        Sec.  2A-12.  Board of Review -  Time of Election. Unless
30    Section 2A-12.1 provides otherwise, a member of the Board  of

 
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 1    Review  in  any  county  which  elects  members of a Board of
 2    Review shall be  elected,  at  each  general  election  which
 3    immediately  precedes  the  expiration  of  the  term  of any
 4    incumbent member, to succeed  each  member  whose  term  ends
 5    before the following general election.
 6    (Source: P.A. 80-936.)

 7        (10 ILCS 5/2A-12.1 new)
 8        Sec.  2A-12.1.   Board of review in counties of 3,000,000
 9    or more inhabitants.  In each county with 3,000,000  or  more
10    inhabitants  that  elects  a  board  of review, that board of
11    review shall be elected as  provided  by  subsection  (c)  of
12    Section 5-5 of the Property Tax Code.

13        (10 ILCS 5/7-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-4)
14        Sec. 7-4. The following words and phrases in this Article
15    7 shall, unless the same be inconsistent with the context, be
16    construed as follows:
17        1.  The word "primary" the primary elections provided for
18    in   this   Article,  which  are  the  general  primary,  the
19    consolidated primary, and for those municipalities which have
20    annual partisan elections  for  any  officer,  the  municipal
21    primary  held  6  weeks prior to the general primary election
22    date in even numbered years.
23        2.  The definition of terms in Section 1-3  of  this  Act
24    shall apply to this Article.
25        3.   The  word "precinct" a voting district heretofore or
26    hereafter established  by  law  within  which  all  qualified
27    electors vote at one polling place.
28        4.  The  words  "state  office"  or  "state  officer", an
29    office to be filled, or  an  officer  to  be  voted  for,  by
30    qualified  electors  of  the  entire  state, including United
31    States Senator and Congressman at large.
32        5.  The words "congressional  office"  or  "congressional
 
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 1    officer", representatives in Congress.
 2        6.  The   words  "county  office"  or  "county  officer,"
 3    include an office to be filled or an officer to be voted for,
 4    by the qualified  electors  of  the  entire  county.  "County
 5    office"  or  "county  officer"  also include the assessor and
 6    board of appeals and county commissioners  and  president  of
 7    county board of Cook County, and county board members and the
 8    chairman  of  the county board in counties subject to "An Act
 9    relating to the composition and election of county boards  in
10    certain  counties", enacted by the 76th General Assembly, and
11    the  board  of  review  in  counties  of  3,000,000  or  more
12    inhabitants.
13        7.  The words "city office"  and  "village  office,"  and
14    "incorporated  town  office"  or  "city officer" and "village
15    officer", and "incorporated town officer"  an  office  to  be
16    filled  or  an  officer  to  be  voted  for  by the qualified
17    electors of the entire municipality, including aldermen.
18        8.  The words "town office" or "town officer", an  office
19    to  be  filled or an officer to be voted for by the qualified
20    electors of an entire town.
21        9.  The  words  "town"  and  "incorporated  town"   shall
22    respectively be defined as in Section 1-3 of this Act.
23        10.  The  words  "delegates  and  alternate  delegates to
24    National nominating conventions" include  all  delegates  and
25    alternate   delegates   to  National  nominating  conventions
26    whether they be elected from  the  state  at  large  or  from
27    congressional  districts  or  selected  by  State  convention
28    unless   contrary  and  non-inclusive  language  specifically
29    limits the term to one class.
30        11.  "Judicial office" means a post held by  a  judge  of
31    the Supreme, Appellate or Circuit Court.
32    (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)

33        (10 ILCS 5/7-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-7)
 
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 1        Sec.  7-7.  For  the  purpose  of  making  nominations in
 2    certain instances as provided in this Article and  this  Act,
 3    the  following committees are authorized and shall constitute
 4    the central or managing committees of each  political  party,
 5    viz: A State central committee, a congressional committee for
 6    each  congressional  district, a county central committee for
 7    each county, a municipal central  committee  for  each  city,
 8    incorporated  town  or  village, a ward committeeman for each
 9    ward in cities containing a population of 500,000 or more;  a
10    township committeeman for each township or part of a township
11    that lies outside of cities having a population of 200,000 or
12    more, in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or more; a
13    precinct  committeeman for each precinct in counties having a
14    population of less than 2,000,000; a  county  board  district
15    committee  for  each  county  board  district  created  under
16    Division  2-3  of  the  Counties  Code;  a  State's  Attorney
17    committee  for each group of 2 or more counties which jointly
18    elect a State's Attorney; a  Superintendent  of  Multi-County
19    Educational  Service  Region committee for each group of 2 or
20    more counties which  jointly  elect  a  Superintendent  of  a
21    Multi-County  Educational  Service  Region;  and  a  judicial
22    subcircuit   committee  in  Cook  County  for  each  judicial
23    subcircuit in Cook County; and a  board  of  review  election
24    district   committee   for  counties  of  3,000,000  or  more
25    population for each board of review election district in Cook
26    County.
27    (Source: P.A. 87-1052.)

28        (10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
29        Sec. 7-8.  The State central committee shall be  composed
30    of one or two members from each congressional district in the
31    State and shall be elected as follows:
32                       State Central Committee
33        (a)  Within  30  days  after  the  effective date of this
 
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 1    amendatory Act of 1983 the State central  committee  of  each
 2    political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections
 3    which of the following alternatives it wishes to apply to the
 4    State central committee of that party.
 5        Alternative  A.  At the primary held on the third Tuesday
 6    in March  1970,  and  at  the  primary  held  every  4  years
 7    thereafter,  each  primary elector may vote for one candidate
 8    of his party for member of the State  central  committee  for
 9    the   congressional  district  in  which  he  resides.    The
10    candidate receiving the highest  number  of  votes  shall  be
11    declared   elected   State   central  committeeman  from  the
12    district. A political party may, in lieu of the foregoing, by
13    a majority vote of delegates at any State convention of  such
14    party,  determine  to  thereafter  elect  the  State  central
15    committeemen in the manner following:
16        At  the  county  convention  held by such political party
17    State central committeemen  shall  be  elected  in  the  same
18    manner  as  provided  in  this  Article  for  the election of
19    officers of the county central committee, and  such  election
20    shall  follow  the election of officers of the county central
21    committee.   Each  elected   ward,   township   or   precinct
22    committeeman  shall cast as his vote one vote for each ballot
23    voted in his ward, township, part of a township  or  precinct
24    in  the  last  preceding  primary  election  of his political
25    party. In the case of a county  lying  partially  within  one
26    congressional   district   and   partially   within   another
27    congressional  district,  each  ward,  township  or  precinct
28    committeeman   shall   vote   only   with   respect   to  the
29    congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
30    township  or  precinct  is  located.   In  the  case   of   a
31    congressional   district  which  encompasses  more  than  one
32    county, each ward, township or precinct committeeman residing
33    within the congressional district shall cast as his vote  one
34    vote  for  each ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
 
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 1    township or precinct in the last preceding  primary  election
 2    of  his  political  party  for one candidate of his party for
 3    member of the State central committee for  the  congressional
 4    district  in which he resides and the Chairman  of the county
 5    central committee shall report the results of the election to
 6    the State Board of Elections. The State  Board  of  Elections
 7    shall  certify  the candidate receiving the highest number of
 8    votes   elected   State   central   committeeman   for   that
 9    congressional district.
10        The State central committee shall adopt rules to  provide
11    for  and govern the procedures to be followed in the election
12    of members of the State central committee.
13        After the effective date of this amendatory  Act  of  the
14    91st  General  Assembly,  whenever  a  vacancy  occurs in the
15    office of Chairman of a State central committee,  or  at  the
16    end  of  the  term  of  office of Chairman, the State central
17    committee  of  each  political  party   that   has   selected
18    Alternative  A  shall  elect  a  Chairman  who  shall  not be
19    required to be a member of the State Central Committee.   The
20    Chairman shall be a registered voter in this State and of the
21    same political party as the State central committee.
22        Alternative   B.  Each   congressional  committee  shall,
23    within 30  days  after  the  adoption  of  this  alternative,
24    appoint  a  person  of the sex opposite that of the incumbent
25    member  for  that  congressional  district  to  serve  as  an
26    additional member of the State central committee until his or
27    her successor is elected at the general primary  election  in
28    1986.    Each   congressional   committee   shall  make  this
29    appointment by voting on the basis set forth in paragraph (e)
30    of this  Section.  In  each  congressional  district  at  the
31    general  primary  election  held  in  1986  and every 4 years
32    thereafter, the male candidate receiving the  highest  number
33    of  votes  of  the  party's male candidates for State central
34    committeeman, and the female candidate receiving the  highest
 
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 1    number  of  votes  of the party's female candidates for State
 2    central  committeewoman,  shall  be  declared  elected  State
 3    central committeeman and State  central  committeewoman  from
 4    the  district.   At the general primary election held in 1986
 5    and every 4 years thereafter, if all a party's candidates for
 6    State central committeemen or  State  central  committeewomen
 7    from  a  congressional  district  are  of  the  same sex, the
 8    candidate receiving the highest  number  of  votes  shall  be
 9    declared  elected  a  State  central  committeeman  or  State
10    central  committeewoman  from the district, and, because of a
11    failure to elect one male and one female to the committee,  a
12    vacancy  shall  be  declared  to  exist  in the office of the
13    second  member  of  the  State  central  committee  from  the
14    district.  This vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the
15    congressional committee  of  the  political  party,  and  the
16    person  appointed  to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of
17    the congressional district and of the sex  opposite  that  of
18    the  committeeman  or  committeewoman  elected at the general
19    primary election.  Each congressional  committee  shall  make
20    this  appointment  by  voting  on  the  basis  set  forth  in
21    paragraph (e) of this Section.
22        The  Chairman  of  a  State central committee composed as
23    provided in this Alternative B  must  be  selected  from  the
24    committee's members.
25        Except  as  provided for in Alternative A with respect to
26    the selection of the Chairman of the State central committee,
27    under both of the foregoing alternatives, the  State  central
28    committee  of  each  political  party  shall  be  composed of
29    members elected or appointed from the  several  congressional
30    districts  of  the  State,  and of no other person or persons
31    whomsoever.  The  members  of  the  State  central  committee
32    shall,  within 30 days after each quadrennial election of the
33    full committee, meet in the city of Springfield and  organize
34    by  electing  a  chairman,  and  may  at such time elect such
 
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 1    officers from among their own number (or otherwise), as  they
 2    may deem necessary or expedient. The outgoing chairman of the
 3    State  central  committee  of the party shall, 10 days before
 4    the  meeting,  notify  each  member  of  the  State   central
 5    committee  elected  at  the  primary of the time and place of
 6    such meeting. In the  organization  and  proceedings  of  the
 7    State  central committee, each State central committeeman and
 8    State central committeewoman shall have  one  vote  for  each
 9    ballot  voted  in  his  or  her congressional district by the
10    primary electors of his or her party at the primary  election
11    immediately  preceding  the  meeting  of  the  State  central
12    committee.  Whenever  a  vacancy  occurs in the State central
13    committee of any political party, the vacancy shall be filled
14    by  appointment  of  the  chairmen  of  the  county   central
15    committees  of  the  political  party of the counties located
16    within the congressional district in which the vacancy occurs
17    and, if applicable, the ward and township committeemen of the
18    political party in counties of 2,000,000 or more  inhabitants
19    located   within   the   congressional   district.    If  the
20    congressional district  in  which  the  vacancy  occurs  lies
21    wholly  within a county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the
22    ward and township committeemen of the political party in that
23    congressional district shall vote to fill  the  vacancy.   In
24    voting to fill the vacancy, each chairman of a county central
25    committee and each ward and township committeeman in counties
26    of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants shall have one vote for each
27    ballot  voted  in each precinct of the congressional district
28    in which the vacancy exists of his or her  county,  township,
29    or  ward  cast by the primary electors of his or her party at
30    the primary election immediately  preceding  the  meeting  to
31    fill  the vacancy in the State central committee.  The person
32    appointed to fill the vacancy shall  be  a  resident  of  the
33    congressional  district in which the vacancy occurs, shall be
34    a qualified voter, and, in a committee composed  as  provided
 
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 1    in  Alternative  B,  shall  be  of the same sex as his or her
 2    predecessor. A political party may, by a majority vote of the
 3    delegates of any State convention of such party, determine to
 4    return to the election  of  State  central  committeeman  and
 5    State central committeewoman by the vote of primary electors.
 6    Any  action  taken by a political party at a State convention
 7    in accordance with this Section  shall  be  reported  to  the
 8    State  Board  of  Elections  by the chairman and secretary of
 9    such convention within 10 days after such action.
10              Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
11        (b)  At the primary held on the third Tuesday  in  March,
12    1972,  and  every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in
13    cities having a population of 200,000 or over  may  vote  for
14    one candidate of his party in his ward for ward committeeman.
15    Each  candidate  for  ward committeeman must be a resident of
16    and  in  the  ward  where  he  seeks  to  be   elected   ward
17    committeeman.  The  one  having  the  highest number of votes
18    shall be such ward committeeman of such party for such  ward.
19    At  the  primary election held on the third Tuesday in March,
20    1970, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary  elector  in
21    counties  containing  a  population  of  2,000,000  or  more,
22    outside of cities containing a population of 200,000 or more,
23    may  vote  for  one  candidate  of  his  party  for  township
24    committeeman.  Each  candidate for township committeeman must
25    be a resident of and in the township or part  of  a  township
26    (which  lies outside of a city having a population of 200,000
27    or more, in counties containing a population of 2,000,000  or
28    more),  and  in which township or part of a township he seeks
29    to be elected  township  committeeman.  The  one  having  the
30    highest  number  of votes shall be such township committeeman
31    of such party for such township or part of a township. At the
32    primary held on the third Tuesday in March, 1970 and every  2
33    years  thereafter,  each  primary elector, except in counties
34    having a population of 2,000,000 or over, may  vote  for  one
 
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 1    candidate   of   his  party  in  his  precinct  for  precinct
 2    committeeman. Each candidate for precinct  committeeman  must
 3    be  a bona fide resident of the precinct where he seeks to be
 4    elected precinct committeeman. The  one  having  the  highest
 5    number  of  votes shall be such precinct committeeman of such
 6    party for such precinct. The official returns of the  primary
 7    shall  show  the  name  of the committeeman of each political
 8    party.
 9        Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen  elected
10    under  the  provisions of this Article shall continue as such
11    committeemen until the date of the primary to be held in  the
12    second   year  after  their  election.  Except  as  otherwise
13    provided  in  this  Section   for   certain   State   central
14    committeemen  who  have  2  year  terms,  all  State  central
15    committeemen,  township  committeemen  and  ward committeemen
16    shall continue as such committeemen until the date of primary
17    to be held in the fourth year after their election.  However,
18    a  vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman when
19    a precinct committeeman ceases to reside in the  precinct  in
20    which  he  was  elected  and such precinct committeeman shall
21    thereafter neither have nor exercise any  rights,  powers  or
22    duties  as committeeman in that precinct, even if a successor
23    has not been elected or appointed.
24        (c)  The Multi-Township Central Committee  shall  consist
25    of   the   precinct   committeemen  of  such  party,  in  the
26    multi-township assessing district formed pursuant to  Section
27    2-10  of the Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the
28    purposes set forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code.  In
29    the   organization  and  proceedings  of  the  Multi-Township
30    Central Committee each precinct committeeman shall  have  one
31    vote  for  each  ballot  voted in his precinct by the primary
32    electors of his party at the primary at which he was elected.
33                      County Central Committee
34        (d)  The county central committee of each political party
 
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 1    in  each  county  shall  consist  of  the  various   township
 2    committeemen, precinct committeemen and ward committeemen, if
 3    any,  of  such  party  in the county. In the organization and
 4    proceedings of the county central  committee,  each  precinct
 5    committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
 6    precinct  by the primary electors of his party at the primary
 7    at which he was elected;  each  township  committeeman  shall
 8    have  one  vote for each ballot voted in his township or part
 9    of a township as the case may be by the primary  electors  of
10    his  party  at  the  primary  election  for the nomination of
11    candidates for election to the General  Assembly  immediately
12    preceding the meeting of the county central committee; and in
13    the  organization  and  proceedings  of  the  county  central
14    committee,  each  ward  committeeman  shall have one vote for
15    each ballot voted in his ward by the primary electors of  his
16    party   at   the  primary  election  for  the  nomination  of
17    candidates for election to the General  Assembly  immediately
18    preceding the meeting of the county central committee.
19             Board of Review Election District Committee
20            for Counties of 3,000,000 or more Population
21        (d-1)  Each  board  of review election district committee
22    of each political party in each county of 3,000,000  or  more
23    inhabitants   shall   consist   of   the   various   township
24    committeemen  and ward committeemen, if any, of that party in
25    the county.  In the organization and proceedings of  each  of
26    the   3   election   district   committees,   each   township
27    committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
28    or her township or part of a township, as the case may be, by
29    the  primary  electors  of  his  or  her party at the primary
30    election immediately preceding the meeting of  the  board  of
31    review  election  district committee; and in the organization
32    and  proceedings  of  each  of  the   3   election   district
33    committees,  each  ward  committeeman shall have one vote for
34    each ballot voted in his or her ward by the primary  electors
 
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 1    of  his  or  her  party  at  the primary election immediately
 2    preceding  the  meeting  of  the  board  of  review  election
 3    district committee.
 4                       Congressional Committee
 5        (e)  The congressional committee of each  party  in  each
 6    congressional  district  shall be composed of the chairmen of
 7    the county central committees of the counties  composing  the
 8    congressional   district,   except   that   in  congressional
 9    districts wholly within the territorial limits of one county,
10    or partly within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous with
11    the county lines  of  all  of  such  counties,  the  precinct
12    committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen, if
13    any,  of  the  party  representing  the  precincts within the
14    limits of  the  congressional  district,  shall  compose  the
15    congressional committee. A State central committeeman in each
16    district  shall  be  a  member  and  the  chairman or, when a
17    district has 2 State central committeemen, a  co-chairman  of
18    the  congressional committee, but shall not have the right to
19    vote except in case of a tie.
20        In the  organization  and  proceedings  of  congressional
21    committees  composed  of  precinct  committeemen  or township
22    committeemen  or  ward  committeemen,  or   any   combination
23    thereof,  each  precinct committeeman shall have one vote for
24    each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors  of
25    his  party  at  the  primary  at  which  he was elected, each
26    township committeeman shall have one  vote  for  each  ballot
27    voted  in  his township or part of a township as the case may
28    be by the primary  electors  of  his  party  at  the  primary
29    election   immediately   preceding   the   meeting   of   the
30    congressional  committee,  and  each  ward committeeman shall
31    have one vote for each ballot voted in each precinct  of  his
32    ward  located  in  such congressional district by the primary
33    electors of his party at  the  primary  election  immediately
34    preceding  the meeting of the congressional committee; and in
 
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 1    the organization and proceedings of congressional  committees
 2    composed  of the chairmen of the county central committees of
 3    the counties within such  district,  each  chairman  of  such
 4    county  central committee shall have one vote for each ballot
 5    voted in his county by the primary electors of his  party  at
 6    the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the
 7    congressional committee.
 8                     Judicial District Committee
 9        (f)  The  judicial  district  committee of each political
10    party in each judicial district  shall  be  composed  of  the
11    chairman  of  the  county  central committees of the counties
12    composing the judicial district.
13        In the organization and proceedings of judicial  district
14    committees  composed  of  the  chairmen of the county central
15    committees  of  the  counties  within  such  district,   each
16    chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote
17    for  each  ballot voted in his county by the primary electors
18    of his party at the primary  election  immediately  preceding
19    the meeting of the judicial district committee.
20                       Circuit Court Committee
21        (g)  The  circuit court committee of each political party
22    in  each  judicial  circuit  outside  Cook  County  shall  be
23    composed of the chairmen of the county central committees  of
24    the counties composing the judicial circuit.
25        In  the  organization  and  proceedings  of circuit court
26    committees, each chairman of a county central committee shall
27    have one vote for each ballot voted  in  his  county  by  the
28    primary  electors  of  his  party  at  the  primary  election
29    immediately  preceding  the  meeting  of  the  circuit  court
30    committee.
31                    Judicial Subcircuit Committee
32        (g-1)  The   judicial   subcircuit   committee   of  each
33    political party in each judicial subcircuit  in  Cook  County
34    shall  be  composed  of the ward and township committeemen of
 
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 1    the townships and wards composing the judicial subcircuit.
 2        In the organization  and  proceedings  of  each  judicial
 3    subcircuit  committee,  each township committeeman shall have
 4    one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part  of  a
 5    township,  as  the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by
 6    the primary electors of his party  at  the  primary  election
 7    immediately  preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit
 8    committee; and each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
 9    each ballot voted in his ward or part of a ward, as the  case
10    may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors of
11    his  party  at the primary election immediately preceding the
12    meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee.
13                     Municipal Central Committee
14        (h)  The municipal central committee  of  each  political
15    party  shall  be  composed  of the precinct, township or ward
16    committeemen, as the case may be, of such party  representing
17    the  precincts  or wards, embraced in such city, incorporated
18    town or  village.  The  voting  strength  of  each  precinct,
19    township  or  ward  committeeman  on  the  municipal  central
20    committee  shall  be  the  same as his voting strength on the
21    county central committee.
22        For political parties, other than a  statewide  political
23    party,  established  only  within a municipality or township,
24    the  municipal  or  township  managing  committee  shall   be
25    composed  of  the  party  officers  of  the local established
26    party.  The party officers of a local established party shall
27    be as follows: the chairman and secretary of the  caucus  for
28    those  municipalities  and townships authorized by statute to
29    nominate candidates by caucus shall serve as  party  officers
30    for  the  purpose  of  filling  vacancies in nomination under
31    Section 7-61; for municipalities and townships authorized  by
32    statute  or  ordinance to nominate candidates by petition and
33    primary election, the party officers  shall  be  the  party's
34    candidates  who  are  nominated  at the primary.  If no party
 
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 1    primary was held because of the provisions  of  Section  7-5,
 2    vacancies  in  nomination  shall  be  filled  by  the party's
 3    remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's officers.
 4                               Powers
 5        (i)  Each committee  and  its  officers  shall  have  the
 6    powers  usually  exercised  by  such  committees  and  by the
 7    officers thereof, not inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of
 8    this  Article.  The  several  committees  herein provided for
 9    shall not have power to delegate  any  of  their  powers,  or
10    functions to any other person, officer or committee, but this
11    shall not be construed to prevent a committee from appointing
12    from its own membership proper and necessary subcommittees.
13        (j)  The  State  central  committee  of a political party
14    which elects it members by Alternative B under paragraph  (a)
15    of  this  Section  shall  adopt  a plan to give effect to the
16    delegate selection rules of the national political party  and
17    file  a  copy  of such plan with the State Board of Elections
18    when approved by a national political party.
19        (k)  For the purpose of the designation of a proxy  by  a
20    Congressional  Committee  to vote in place of an absent State
21    central committeeman or committeewoman  at  meetings  of  the
22    State central committee of a political party which elects its
23    members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section,
24    the  proxy  shall  be  appointed  by the vote of the ward and
25    township committeemen, if any, of  the  wards  and  townships
26    which  lie  entirely  or  partially  within the Congressional
27    District from which the absent State central committeeman  or
28    committeewoman  was  elected  and the vote of the chairmen of
29    the county central committees of  those  counties  which  lie
30    entirely  or partially within that Congressional District and
31    in which there are no ward  or  township  committeemen.  When
32    voting  for such proxy the county chairman, ward committeeman
33    or township committeeman, as the case may be shall  have  one
34    vote  for  each ballot voted in his county, ward or township,
 
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 1    or portion thereof within the Congressional District, by  the
 2    primary  electors of his party at the primary at which he was
 3    elected. However, the absent State  central  committeeman  or
 4    committeewoman  may  designate  a proxy when permitted by the
 5    rules of a  political  party  which  elects  its  members  by
 6    Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section.
 7    (Source: P.A. 90-627, eff. 7-10-98; 91-426, eff. 8-6-99.)

 8        (10 ILCS 5/7-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-9)
 9        Sec.  7-9.  County  central  committee;  county and State
10    conventions.
11        (a)  On the second Monday next succeeding the primary  at
12    which  committeemen are elected, the county central committee
13    of each political party shall meet at the county seat of  the
14    proper  county  and  proceed to organize by electing from its
15    own number a chairman and either  from  its  own  number,  or
16    otherwise,  such  other  officers  as such committee may deem
17    necessary or expedient. After  the  effective  date  of  this
18    amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd  General Assembly, in counties
19    containing a population of  3,000,000  or  more  inhabitants,
20    whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of chairman or at the
21    end  of  the  term  of office of chairman, the county central
22    committee  of  each  political  party   that   has   selected
23    Alternative A under subsection (a) of Section 7-8 shall elect
24    a  chairman  who  shall not be required to be a member of the
25    county central committee. Such meeting of the county  central
26    committee shall be known as the county convention.
27        The  chairman  of  each  county committee shall within 10
28    days after the organization, forward to the  State  Board  of
29    Elections,  the  names  and  post  office  addresses  of  the
30    officers,    precinct    committeemen    and   representative
31    committeemen elected by his political party.
32        The county  convention  of  each  political  party  shall
33    choose delegates to the State convention of its party; but in
 
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 1    any  county  having  within  its  limits  any  city  having a
 2    population of 200,000, or over the delegates from  such  city
 3    shall  be  chosen  by  wards,  the ward committeemen from the
 4    respective wards choosing the number of  delegates  to  which
 5    such  ward  is  entitled on the basis prescribed in paragraph
 6    (e) of this Section such  delegates  to  be  members  of  the
 7    delegation  to  the State convention from such county. In all
 8    counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or more outside
 9    of cities  having  a  population  of  200,000  or  more,  the
10    delegates from each of the townships or parts of townships as
11    the  case  may  be  shall  be chosen by townships or parts of
12    townships as the case may be, the township committeemen  from
13    the  respective  townships  or parts of townships as the case
14    may be  choosing  the  number  of  delegates  to  which  such
15    townships  or  parts  of  townships  as  the  case may be are
16    entitled, on the basis prescribed in paragraph  (e)  of  this
17    Section such delegates to be members of the delegation to the
18    State convention from such county.
19        Each member of the State Central Committee of a political
20    party  which  elects  its  members  by  Alternative  B  under
21    paragraph (a) of Section 7-8 shall be a delegate to the State
22    Convention, ex officio.
23        Each member of the State Central Committee of a political
24    party  which  elects  its  members  by  Alternative  B  under
25    paragraph  (a)  of Section 7-8 may appoint 2 delegates to the
26    State Convention  who  must  be  residents  of  the  member's
27    Congressional District.
28        (b) State conventions shall be held within 180 days after
29    the  general  primary  in  the  year  2000  and every 4 years
30    thereafter.  In the year 1998, and every 4 years  thereafter,
31    the  chairman  of  a State central committee may issue a call
32    for a State convention within  180  days  after  the  general
33    primary.
34        The State convention of each political party has power to
 
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 1    make nominations of candidates of its political party for the
 2    electors  of  President  and  Vice  President  of  the United
 3    States, and to adopt any party platform, and, to  the  extent
 4    determined  by  the  State  central  committee as provided in
 5    Section 7-14, to choose and select  delegates  and  alternate
 6    delegates  at  large to national nominating conventions.  The
 7    State Central Committee may adopt rules to  provide  for  and
 8    govern the procedures of the State convention.
 9        (c)  The  chairman and secretary of each State convention
10    shall, within 2 days thereafter, transmit to the State  Board
11    of  Elections  of  this State a certificate setting forth the
12    names and addresses of all persons nominated  by  such  State
13    convention  for  electors  of President and Vice President of
14    the United States, and of any persons selected by  the  State
15    convention  for delegates and alternate delegates at large to
16    national  nominating  conventions;  and  the  names  of  such
17    candidates so chosen by such State convention for electors of
18    President and Vice President of the United States,  shall  be
19    caused by the State Board of Elections to be printed upon the
20    official  ballot  at  the  general  election,  in  the manner
21    required by law, and shall be certified to the various county
22    clerks of the proper counties in the manner  as  provided  in
23    Section  7-60  of  this  Article  7 for the certifying of the
24    names of persons nominated by any party for State offices. If
25    and as long as this Act prescribes that  the  names  of  such
26    electors be not printed on the ballot, then the names of such
27    electors  shall  be  certified  in  such  manner  as  may  be
28    prescribed by the parts of this Act applicable thereto.
29        (d)  Each  convention  may  perform  all  other functions
30    inherent to such political organization and not  inconsistent
31    with this Article.
32        (e)  At  least  33  days  before  the  date  of  a  State
33    convention,  the  chairman  of the State central committee of
34    each political party shall file in the  principal  office  of
 
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 1    the State Board of Elections a call for the State convention.
 2    Such call shall state, among other things, the time and place
 3    (designating  the  building  or  hall)  for holding the State
 4    convention. Such call shall be signed  by  the  chairman  and
 5    attested   by   the  secretary  of  the  committee.  In  such
 6    convention each county shall be entitled to one delegate  for
 7    each  500  ballots voted by the primary electors of the party
 8    in such county at the primary  to  be  held  next  after  the
 9    issuance  of  such call; and if in such county, less than 500
10    ballots are so voted or if the number of ballots so voted  is
11    not  exactly  a  multiple of 500, there shall be one delegate
12    for such group which is less than  500,  or  for  such  group
13    representing  the  number  of votes over the multiple of 500,
14    which delegate shall have 1/500 of one vote for each  primary
15    vote  so  represented  by  him.  The call for such convention
16    shall set forth this paragraph (e) of Section 7-9 in full and
17    shall direct that the number of delegates  to  be  chosen  be
18    calculated  in  compliance  herewith  and that such number of
19    delegates be chosen.
20        (f)  All precinct, township and  ward  committeemen  when
21    elected  as  provided  in  this Section shall serve as though
22    elected at large irrespective of any changes that may be made
23    in precinct, township  or  ward  boundaries  and  the  voting
24    strength  of  each  committeeman  shall remain as provided in
25    this Section for the entire time for which he is elected.
26        (g)  The officers elected at any convention provided  for
27    in  this  Section  shall  serve  until  their  successors are
28    elected as provided in this Act.
29        (h)  A special meeting of any central  committee  may  be
30    called  by  the  chairman,  or  by  not  less than 25% of the
31    members of such committee, by giving 5 days notice to members
32    of such committee in writing designating the time  and  place
33    at  which such special meeting is to be held and the business
34    which it is proposed to present at such special meeting.
 
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 1        (i)  Except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever a
 2    vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman because
 3    no one was elected to that office  or  because  the  precinct
 4    committeeman  ceases  to  reside  in  the precinct or for any
 5    other reason, the chairman of the county central committee of
 6    the appropriate political party may fill the vacancy in  such
 7    office  by  appointment of a qualified resident of the county
 8    and the appointed precinct committeeman shall serve as though
 9    elected; however, no such appointment may be made between the
10    general primary election and the 14th day after  the  general
11    primary election.
12        (j)  If  the  number  of  Congressional  Districts in the
13    State of Illinois is reduced as a result  of  reapportionment
14    of  Congressional  Districts  following  a  federal decennial
15    census, the State Central Committeemen and Committeewomen  of
16    a political party which elects its State Central Committee by
17    either  Alternative A or by Alternative B under paragraph (a)
18    of Section 7-8 who were previously elected shall continue  to
19    serve  as  if  no  reapportionment  had  occurred  until  the
20    expiration of their terms.
21    (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96; 90-627, eff. 7-10-98.)

22        (10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
23        Sec.  7-10.  Form of petition for nomination. The name of
24    no candidate for nomination, or State  central  committeeman,
25    or  township  committeeman, or precinct committeeman, or ward
26    committeeman or candidate for delegate or alternate  delegate
27    to national nominating conventions, shall be printed upon the
28    primary  ballot  unless  a  petition  for nomination has been
29    filed  in  his  behalf  as  provided  in  this   Article   in
30    substantially the following form:
31        We,  the  undersigned, members of and affiliated with the
32    .... party and qualified primary electors of the ....  party,
33    in  the  ....  of  ....,  in  the county of .... and State of
 
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 1    Illinois, do hereby petition that the following named  person
 2    or  persons  shall  be  a candidate or candidates of the ....
 3    party for the nomination for (or in case of committeemen  for
 4    election  to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to
 5    be voted for at the primary election to be  held  on  (insert
 6    date).
 7             Name             Office                Address
 8        John Jones           Governor           Belvidere, Ill.
 9       Thomas Smith      Attorney General        Oakland, Ill.

10    Name..................         Address.......................

11    State of Illinois)
12                     ) ss.
13    County of........)
14        I,  ....,  do  hereby  certify  that I reside at No. ....
15    street, in the .... of ...., county of  ....,  and  State  of
16    .....,  that  I  am  18  years  of  age or older, that I am a
17    citizen of the United States, and that the signatures on this
18    sheet were signed in my presence, and are genuine,  and  that
19    to the best of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing
20    were at the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of
21    the  ....  party,  and  that  their respective residences are
22    correctly stated, as above set forth.
23                                        .........................
24        Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
25                                        .........................

26        Each sheet of the petition other than  the  statement  of
27    candidacy  and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
28    and  shall  contain  above  the  space  for   signatures   an
29    appropriate  heading  giving  the  information  as to name of
30    candidate or candidates, in whose  behalf  such  petition  is
31    signed; the office, the political party represented and place
32    of  residence;  and  the  heading  of each sheet shall be the
33    same.
 
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 1        Such  petition  shall  be  signed  by  qualified  primary
 2    electors residing in the political  division  for  which  the
 3    nomination  is  sought  in  their own proper persons only and
 4    opposite the signature of each signer, his residence  address
 5    shall  be written or printed.  The residence address required
 6    to be written or  printed  opposite  each  qualified  primary
 7    elector's  name  shall  include  the  street address or rural
 8    route number of the signer, as the case may be,  as  well  as
 9    the  signer's  county,  and city, village or town, and state.
10    However the county or city, village or  town,  and  state  of
11    residence  of  the  electors  may  be printed on the petition
12    forms where all of the electors signing the  petition  reside
13    in  the  same  county  or  city,  village or town, and state.
14    Standard abbreviations may be used in writing  the  residence
15    address,  including  street number, if any.  At the bottom of
16    each sheet of such  petition  shall  be  added  a  circulator
17    statement  signed by a person 18 years of age or older who is
18    a citizen of the United States, stating the street address or
19    rural route number, as the  case  may  be,  as  well  as  the
20    county, city, village or town, and state; and certifying that
21    the  signatures  on that sheet of the petition were signed in
22    his or her presence and certifying that  the  signatures  are
23    genuine;  and  either  (1) indicating the dates on which that
24    sheet was circulated, or (2) indicating the  first  and  last
25    dates  on  which  the sheet was circulated, or (3) certifying
26    that none of the signatures on the  sheet  were  signed  more
27    than  90  days  preceding  the last day for the filing of the
28    petition and certifying that  to  the  best  of  his  or  her
29    knowledge  and belief the persons so signing were at the time
30    of  signing  the  petitions qualified voters of the political
31    party for which a nomination is sought. Such statement  shall
32    be  sworn  to  before  some  officer authorized to administer
33    oaths in this State.
34        No petition sheet shall be circulated more than  90  days
 
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 1    preceding  the  last  day  provided  in  Section 7-12 for the
 2    filing of such petition.
 3        The person circulating the petition, or the candidate  on
 4    whose  behalf  the  petition  is  circulated,  may strike any
 5    signature from the petition, provided that:
 6             (1)  the person striking the signature shall initial
 7        the petition at the place where the signature is  struck;
 8        and
 9             (2)  the  person striking the signature shall sign a
10        certification listing the page number and line number  of
11        each   signature   struck   from   the   petition.   Such
12        certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
13        Such sheets before being filed shall be  neatly  fastened
14    together  in  book  form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
15    fastening them together at one edge in a secure and  suitable
16    manner,  and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
17    The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
18    to end, so as to  form  a  continuous  strip  or  roll.   All
19    petition  sheets  which  are  filed  with  the  proper  local
20    election  officials,  election authorities or the State Board
21    of Elections shall be the original  sheets  which  have  been
22    signed  by  the voters and by the circulator thereof, and not
23    photocopies or duplicates of such sheets.  Each petition must
24    include as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for  each
25    of  the candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition is
26    filed. This statement shall  set  out  the  address  of  such
27    candidate,  the  office  for  which  he is a candidate, shall
28    state that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of  the
29    party  to which the petition relates and is qualified for the
30    office specified (in the case  of  a  candidate  for  State's
31    Attorney  it shall state that the candidate is at the time of
32    filing such statement  a  licensed  attorney-at-law  of  this
33    State),  shall  state  that he has filed (or will file before
34    the close of the  petition  filing  period)  a  statement  of
 
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 1    economic  interests  as required by the Illinois Governmental
 2    Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate's name be placed
 3    upon the official ballot, and shall be subscribed  and  sworn
 4    to  by  such candidate before some officer authorized to take
 5    acknowledgment  of  deeds  in  the  State  and  shall  be  in
 6    substantially the following form:
 7                       Statement of Candidacy
 8       Name      Address       Office      District      Party
 9    John Jones  102 Main St.  Governor    Statewide    Republican
10                Belvidere,
11                 Illinois

12    State of Illinois)
13                     ) ss.
14    County of .......)
15        I, ...., being first duly sworn, say  that  I  reside  at
16    ....  Street  in the city (or village) of ...., in the county
17    of ...., State of Illinois;  that  I  am  a  qualified  voter
18    therein  and  am a qualified primary voter of the .... party;
19    that I am a candidate for nomination  (for  election  in  the
20    case  of  committeeman and delegates and alternate delegates)
21    to the office of  ....  to  be  voted  upon  at  the  primary
22    election  to  be  held  on  (insert  date); that I am legally
23    qualified (including being the holder of any license that may
24    be an eligibility requirement  for  the  office  I  seek  the
25    nomination for) to hold such office and that I have filed (or
26    I will file before the close of the petition filing period) a
27    statement  of  economic interests as required by the Illinois
28    Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby request that my name  be
29    printed  upon  the official primary ballot for nomination for
30    (or election to in the case of committeemen and delegates and
31    alternate delegates) such office.
32                                    Signed ......................
33        Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by  ....,
34    who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
 
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 1                                      Signed ....................
 2                        (Official Character)
 3    (Seal, if officer has one.)

 4        The  petitions,  when  filed,  shall  not be withdrawn or
 5    added to, and  no  signatures  shall  be  revoked  except  by
 6    revocation   filed   in  writing  with  the  State  Board  of
 7    Elections, election authority or local election official with
 8    whom the petition is required to be  filed,  and  before  the
 9    filing of such petition.  Whoever forges the name of a signer
10    upon  any  petition required by this Article is deemed guilty
11    of a forgery and on  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished
12    accordingly.
13        Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
14    specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
15    names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
16    the same or different offices.
17        Such petitions for nominations shall be signed:
18             (a)  If  for  a  State  office,  or  for delegate or
19        alternate delegate to be elected from the State at  large
20        to  a  National  nominating  convention  by not less than
21        5,000 nor more than 10,000 primary electors of his party.
22             (b)  If for a congressional officer or for  delegate
23        or  alternate delegate to be elected from a congressional
24        district to a national nominating convention by at  least
25        .5% of the qualified primary electors of his party in his
26        congressional district, except that for the first primary
27        following a redistricting of congressional districts such
28        petitions  shall  be  signed  by  at  least 600 qualified
29        primary  electors  of  the  candidate's  party   in   his
30        congressional district.
31             (c)  If  for a county office (including county board
32        member and chairman of the  county  board  where  elected
33        from  the  county  at  large),  by  at  least  .5% of the
34        qualified  electors  of  his  party  cast  at  the   last
 
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 1        preceding  general  election  in his county.  However, if
 2        for  the  nomination  for  county  commissioner  of  Cook
 3        County, then by at least .5%  of  the  qualified  primary
 4        electors  of his or her party in his or her county in the
 5        district or division in which such person is a  candidate
 6        for  nomination;  and  if  for county board member from a
 7        county board district,  then  by  at  least  .5%  of  the
 8        qualified  primary  electors  of  his party in the county
 9        board district.  In the case of an  election  for  county
10        board member to be elected from a district, for the first
11        primary   following   a  redistricting  of  county  board
12        districts or the initial establishment  of  county  board
13        districts, then by at least .5% of the qualified electors
14        of  his  party in the entire county at the last preceding
15        general election, divided by the number of  county  board
16        districts,  but  in  any event not less than 25 qualified
17        primary electors of his party in the district.
18             (d)  If for a municipal or  township  office  by  at
19        least  .5% of the qualified primary electors of his party
20        in the municipality or township; if for alderman,  by  at
21        least .5% of the voters of his party of his ward.  In the
22        case  of  an  election  for  alderman  or  trustee  of  a
23        municipality  to  be elected from a ward or district, for
24        the  first  primary  following  a  redistricting  or  the
25        initial establishment of wards or districts, then by  .5%
26        of  the  total  number of votes cast for the candidate of
27        such political party who received the highest  number  of
28        votes  in  the  entire  municipality  at the last regular
29        election at which an officer was regularly  scheduled  to
30        be  elected  from the entire municipality, divided by the
31        number of wards or districts, but in any event  not  less
32        than  25  qualified  primary electors of his party in the
33        ward or district.
34             (e)  If for State central committeeman, by at  least
 
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 1        100 of the primary electors of his or her party of his or
 2        her congressional district.
 3             (f)  If  for  a  candidate for trustee of a sanitary
 4        district in which trustees are not elected from wards, by
 5        at least .5% of the primary electors of his  party,  from
 6        such sanitary district.
 7             (g)  If  for  a  candidate for trustee of a sanitary
 8        district in which the trustees are elected from wards, by
 9        at least .5% of the primary electors of his party in  his
10        ward of such sanitary district, except that for the first
11        primary  following a reapportionment of the district such
12        petitions shall be  signed  by  at  least  150  qualified
13        primary electors of the candidate's ward of such sanitary
14        district.
15             (h)  If  for  a  candidate  for judicial office in a
16        district, circuit, or subcircuit, by a number of  primary
17        electors  at  least equal to 0.25% of the number of votes
18        cast for the judicial candidate of his or  her  political
19        party  who  received  the  highest number of votes at the
20        last regular general election at which a judicial officer
21        from  the  same  district,  circuit,  or  subcircuit  was
22        regularly scheduled to be elected, but in no event  fewer
23        than 500.
24             (i)  If  for  a candidate for precinct committeeman,
25        by at least 10 primary electors of his or  her  party  of
26        his  or  her  precinct;  if  for  a  candidate  for  ward
27        committeeman,  by not less than 10% nor more than 16% (or
28        50 more than the minimum, whichever is  greater)  of  the
29        primary  electors  of  his  party  of  his ward; if for a
30        candidate for township committeeman, by not less than  5%
31        nor  more than 8% (or 50 more than the minimum, whichever
32        is greater) of the primary electors of his party  in  his
33        township or part of a township as the case may be.
34             (j)  If  for  a  candidate  for  State's Attorney or
 
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 1        Regional Superintendent of Schools to  serve  2  or  more
 2        counties,  by at least .5% of the primary electors of his
 3        party in the territory comprising such counties.
 4             (k)  If for any other office by at least .5% of  the
 5        total  number  of  registered  voters  of  the  political
 6        subdivision,   district   or   division   for  which  the
 7        nomination is made or  a  minimum  of  25,  whichever  is
 8        greater.
 9             (l)  If  for a candidate for commissioner of a board
10        of review in a county with 3,000,000 inhabitants or  more
11        who  is  elected  from  an  election district pursuant to
12        subsection (c) of Section 5-5 of the Property  Tax  Code,
13        then  by  at  least .5% of the total number of registered
14        voters contained  within  his  or  her  board  of  review
15        election district in the last general election at which a
16        commissioner  was  regularly scheduled to be elected from
17        that board of review  election  district.   In  no  event
18        shall  the  number of signatures required be greater than
19        the  number  required  for  candidates  for   county-wide
20        offices and officers in that county pursuant to the first
21        sentence of subsection (c) of this Section.
22        For  the  purposes  of this Section the number of primary
23    electors shall be determined by taking the total  vote  cast,
24    in  the  applicable  district,  for  the  candidate  for such
25    political party who received the  highest  number  of  votes,
26    state-wide,  at  the  last  general  election in the State at
27    which electors  for  President  of  the  United  States  were
28    elected.  For  political  subdivisions, the number of primary
29    electors shall be determined by taking the  total  vote  cast
30    for  the  candidate for such political party who received the
31    highest number of votes in such political subdivision at  the
32    last  regular  election  at  which  an  officer was regularly
33    scheduled to be elected from that subdivision.  For wards  or
34    districts  of  political  subdivisions, the number of primary
 
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 1    electors shall be determined by taking the  total  vote  cast
 2    for  the  candidate for such political party who received the
 3    highest number of votes in such ward or district at the  last
 4    regular  election at which an officer was regularly scheduled
 5    to be elected from that ward or district.
 6        A "qualified primary elector" of a  party  may  not  sign
 7    petitions  for  or be a candidate in the primary of more than
 8    one party.
 9    (Source: P.A. 91-57,  eff.  6-30-99;  91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;
10    91-358,  eff.  7-29-99;  92-16,  eff.  6-28-01;  92-129, eff.
11    7-20-01.)

12        (10 ILCS 5/13-1.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-1.1)
13        Sec. 13-1.1. In addition to  the  list  provided  for  in
14    Section  13-1  or  13-2,  the  chairman of the county central
15    committee of each of the two leading political parties  shall
16    submit  to  the  county  board  a supplemental list, arranged
17    according to precincts in which they are to serve, of persons
18    available as judges of election, the names and number of  all
19    persons  listed  thereon to be acknowledged in writing to the
20    county chairman submitting such list  by  the  county  board.
21    Vacancies  among  the  judges  of election shall be filled by
22    selection from this supplemental list  of  persons  qualified
23    under  Section 13-4. If the list provided for in Section 13-1
24    or 13-2 for any precinct is exhausted, then  selection  shall
25    be  made from the supplemental list submitted by the chairman
26    of the  county  central  committee  of  the  party.  If  such
27    supplemental   list  is  exhausted  for  any  precinct,  then
28    selection shall be made  from  any  of  the  persons  on  the
29    supplemental  list  without  regard to the precincts in which
30    they are listed to serve. No selection  or  appointment  from
31    the  supplemental  list shall be made more than 21 days prior
32    to the date of precinct registration for those judges  needed
33    as precinct registrars, and more than 45 28 days prior to the
 
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 1    date  of  an  election for those additional persons needed as
 2    election judges. In any case where selection cannot  be  made
 3    from  the  supplemental  list without violating Section 13-4,
 4    selection shall be made from outside the supplemental list of
 5    some person qualified under Section 13-4.
 6    (Source: P.A. 78-888; 78-889; 78-1297.)

 7        (10 ILCS 5/14-3.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.2)
 8        Sec. 14-3.2. In addition to  the  list  provided  for  in
 9    Section  14-3.1, the chairman of the county central committee
10    of each of the 2 leading political parties shall  furnish  to
11    the  board  of  election  commissioners  a supplemental list,
12    arranged according to precinct in which they are to serve, of
13    persons available as judges of election, the names and number
14    of all persons listed thereon to be acknowledged  in  writing
15    to  the  county chairman submitting such list by the board of
16    election commissioners. The board of  election  commissioners
17    shall  select  from  this supplemental list persons qualified
18    under Section 14-1, to fill vacancies  among  the  judges  of
19    election.  If the list provided for in Section 14-3.1 for any
20    precinct is exhausted, then selection shall be made from  the
21    supplemental  list  furnished  by  the chairman of the county
22    central committee of the party. If such supplemental list  is
23    exhausted for any precinct, then selection shall be made from
24    any of the persons on the supplemental list without regard to
25    the precincts in which they are listed to serve. No selection
26    or  appointment from the supplemental list shall be made more
27    than 21 days prior to the date of precinct  registration  for
28    those  judges needed as precinct registrars, and more than 45
29    28 days prior to the date of an election for those additional
30    persons  needed  as  election  judges.  In  any  case   where
31    selection  cannot  be made from the supplemental list without
32    violating Section 14-1, selection shall be made from  outside
33    the  supplemental list of some person qualified under Section
 
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 1    14-1.
 2    (Source: P. A. 78-888; 78-889; 78-1297.)

 3        Section 10.  The Secretary of State  Act  is  amended  by
 4    adding Section 14 as follows:

 5        (15 ILCS 305/14 new)
 6        Sec.  14.  Voter registration information.  The Secretary
 7    of State must post on the World Wide Web site of  the  Office
 8    of the Secretary of State the following information:
 9             (1)  A   full  description  of  the  National  Voter
10        Registration Act of 1993, including a description of  how
11        the Act is implemented in Illinois.
12             (2)  A  comprehensive  list of the names, addresses,
13        phone numbers, and websites, if applicable, of all county
14        clerks,  election  officials,  and  boards  of   election
15        commissioners in Illinois.
16             (3)  A  downloadable,  printable  voter registration
17        form, in English and  in  Spanish,  that  a  citizen  may
18        complete  and  mail  to  the  appropriate  county  clerk,
19        election  official,  or  board of election commissioners.
20        Any  forms  provided  under  this  paragraph   (3)   must
21        prominently  inform  the person using the form that he or
22        she must cast his or her votes in person, whether or  not
23        the  person  is voting by absentee ballot, the first time
24        the person votes following his  or  her  registration  by
25        mail.
26        The  required  information may be obtained from the State
27    Board of Elections.

28        Section 15.  The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
29    Section 5-5 as follows:

30        (35 ILCS 200/5-5)
 
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 1        Sec. 5-5.  Election of commissioners of board of  review;
 2    counties of 3,000,000 or more.
 3        (a)  In  counties  with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, on
 4    the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1994,  2
 5    commissioners  of  the  board of appeals  shall be elected to
 6    hold office from the first Monday in December following their
 7    election and until the first Monday in December 1998. In case
 8    of any vacancy, the chief judge of the circuit court  or  any
 9    judge  of  that  circuit  designated by the chief judge shall
10    fill the vacancy by appointment. The commissioners  shall  be
11    electors  in  the  particular  county  at  the  time of their
12    election or appointment and shall  hold  no  other  lucrative
13    public  office  or public employment. Each commissioner shall
14    receive compensation fixed by the county board,  which  shall
15    be  paid  out  of  the county treasury and which shall not be
16    changed during the term for which any commissioner is elected
17    or appointed. Effective the first Monday  in  December  1998,
18    the board of appeals is abolished.
19        The   board   of   appeals   shall   maintain  sufficient
20    evidentiary records to support  all  decisions  made  by  the
21    board  of  appeals.   All records, data, sales/ratio studies,
22    and other information  necessary  for  the  board  of  review
23    elected  under  subsection  (c)  to perform its functions and
24    duties shall be transferred by the board of  appeals  to  the
25    board of review on the first Monday in December 1998.
26        (b)  (Blank).
27        (c)  In  each  county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants,
28    there is created a board of review. The board of review shall
29    consist of 3 commissioners, one elected  from  each  election
30    district  in  the  county  at the general election in 1998 to
31    hold office for a term  beginning  on  the  first  Monday  in
32    December  following their election and until their respective
33    successors are elected and qualified.
34        No later than June 1, 1996, the  General  Assembly  shall
 
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 1    establish the boundaries for the 3 election districts in each
 2    county  with  3,000,000  or  more  inhabitants.  The election
 3    districts   shall   be   compact,   contiguous,   and    have
 4    substantially  the  same population based on the 1990 federal
 5    decennial census. One district shall  be  designated  as  the
 6    first election district, one as the second election district,
 7    and one as the third election district. The commissioner from
 8    each district shall be elected to a term of 4 years.
 9        In  the year following each federal decennial census, the
10    General Assembly shall reapportion the election districts  to
11    reflect   the   results  of  the  census.  The  reapportioned
12    districts  shall  be   compact,   contiguous,   and   contain
13    substantially  the same population. The commissioner from the
14    first district shall be elected to terms of 4 years, 4 years,
15    and 2 years. The  commissioner from the second district shall
16    be elected to terms of 4 years, 2 years,  and  4  years.  The
17    commissioner  from  the  third  district  shall be elected to
18    terms of 2 years, 4 years, and 4 years.
19        In case of vacancy, the chief judge of the circuit  court
20    or  any  judge  of  the circuit court designated by the chief
21    judge shall fill the vacancy by appointment of a person  from
22    the  same political party. If the vacancy is filled with more
23    than  28  months  remaining  in  the  term,   the   appointed
24    commissioner  shall serve until the next general election, at
25    which time a commissioner shall be elected to serve  for  the
26    remainder of the term.  If a vacancy is filled with 28 months
27    or  less  remaining in the term, the appointment shall be for
28    the remainder of the term. No commissioner may be elected  or
29    appointed to the board of review unless he or she has resided
30    in  the election district he or she seeks to represent for at
31    least 2 years before the date of the election or appointment.
32    In the election following each federal decennial  census  and
33    board  of  review redistricting, a candidate for commissioner
34    may be elected from any election  district  that  contains  a
 
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 1    part  of  the election district in which he or she resided at
 2    the time of the redistricting and re-elected if a resident of
 3    the new district he or she represents for 18 months prior  to
 4    re-election.   The  commissioners  shall  be  electors within
 5    their respective election  district  at  the  time  of  their
 6    election  or  appointment  and  shall hold no other lucrative
 7    public office or public employment.
 8        Each commissioner shall receive compensation fixed by the
 9    county board,  which shall be paid from the county  treasury.
10    Compensation  for  each  commissioner  shall be equitable and
11    shall  not  be  changed  during  the  term  for  which   that
12    commissioner  is  elected  or  appointed.  The  county  shall
13    provide  suitable  office  space for the board of review. The
14    county board may authorize additional district and  satellite
15    offices  for the respective board of review commissioners, to
16    be funded by the county, upon recommendations of the board of
17    review and payable from the county treasury.
18        For the year beginning on the first  Monday  in  December
19    1998  and ending the first Monday in December 1999, and every
20    fourth year thereafter, the chair of the board shall  be  the
21    commissioner  elected  from the first district.  For the year
22    beginning the first Monday in December 1999  and  ending  the
23    first   Monday  in  December  2000,  and  every  fourth  year
24    thereafter, the chair of the board shall be the  commissioner
25    elected from the second district.  For the year beginning the
26    first  Monday in December 2000 and ending the first Monday in
27    December 2001, and every fourth year  thereafter,  the  chair
28    shall  be  the  commissioner elected from the third district.
29    For the year beginning the first Monday in December 2001  and
30    ending  the  first  Monday in December 2002, and every fourth
31    year thereafter, the chair of the board shall  be  determined
32    by lot.
33        On  and  after  the  first  Monday in December, 1998, any
34    reference in this Code to a board of appeals shall  mean  the
 
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 1    board  of  review  created  under  this  subsection,  and any
 2    reference to a member of a  board  of  review  shall  mean  a
 3    commissioner  of  a  board  of  review.   Whenever  it may be
 4    necessary for purposes of determining its  jurisdiction,  the
 5    board  of review shall be deemed to succeed to the powers and
 6    duties of the former board  of  appeals;  provided  that  the
 7    board  of review shall also have all of the powers and duties
 8    granted to it under this Code.  All action of  the  board  of
 9    review shall be by a majority vote of its commissioners.
10    (Source: P.A. 91-393, eff. 7-30-99; 91-425, eff. 8-6-99.)

11        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
12    becoming law.